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TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2005 09:58:04
PM ]
NEW DELHI: For Indians
planning overseas vacations, there's good news. Travelling
abroad will be cheaper this summer as three new entrants
in the international skies — Air Sahara, Air-India Express
and Air Arabia — on Friday took ticket prices to a new
low.
India's second largest private carrier Air Sahara fired
the first offensive in this fresh international air fare
war. It's offer: economy class return fares to Singapore
and Kuala Lumpur for Rs 10,000.
This is lower than some
of the fares that the airline offers on its domestic trunk
routes. Besides, it is nearly 38% cheaper than the existing
lowest published fare of Rs 16,000 on these Asean routes,
Air Sahara CEO Rono J Dutta said.
The discount fares would
mark Air Sahara's entry into the Asean markets. "While
the first Singapore-Delhi flight would take off on May
11, the Chennai-Kuala Lumpur service would be launched
on May 14. Both return services would be daylight flights,"
Dutta said.
Within hours of this announcement,
Air-India unveiled the discount fares for its no-frills
start-up A-I Express, which will be launched on April
29. The airline issued the first India-Abu Dhabi return
ticket for as low as Rs 6,500. It's nearly half the price
of a full service regular return ticket on the Delhi-Mumbai
route.
A-I CMD V Thulasidas also
said similar competitive fares would be offered when the
airline starts services to newer destinations, including
some Asean nations. "The fares on all routes being
operated by A-I Express will be about 25% cheaper than
the existing fares," he added.
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